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Rental specialist Blockbuster is offering a 4.99 trade-in deal on tomorrow’s release Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. Customers wishing to take advantage of the deal need hand over a copy of one of the following titles – Mass Effect 3, FIFA Street, Twisted Metal or Street Fighter X Tekken. For …
Read More »Video games now bigger than movies
Growth in digital has seen video games overtake movies as the most lucrative entertainment medium in the UK. The figures published in the ERA Yearbook 2012 shows that despite faltering physical sales, digital downloads and apps meant UK games market sales reached 1.92bn in 2011. That’s well ahead of video …
Read More »Walking Dead to release cross-platform next month
Five instalments to be released at monthly intervals
Read More »US bill wants cigarette-style warnings on game cases
An astonishing new bill proposed in the US argues that video games should carry similar warning labels to those found on cigarettes. TheHill.com reports that The Violence in Video Games Labelling Act is a reaction to what the two members say is increasing evidence that playing violent games can have …
Read More »Single Bioshock Infinite level has more dialogue than first game
Irrational head Ken Levine has revealed a stark difference in the writing of Bioshock Infinite when compared to the original game in the intense FPS franchise. "Just one level of BioShock Infinite writing and the character interaction we have is probably three or four times as much writing as in …
Read More »I Am Alive dated for PSN
Ubisoft’s post-apocalyptic survival horror title I Am Alive is heading to PSN next month following a short period of Xbox 360 exclusivity. UPDATED: PSN+ discount revealed. The publisher has announced that the game will be available for PS3 on April 3rd in the US, and April 4th in Europe. It …
Read More »Indie dev ports to PC, XBLIG sales quadruple
Indie Royale helps Xbox sales, says Going Loud Studios founder
Read More »New iPad in overheating error message worry
It’s not an Apple launch without a decent faulty tech story – and this one sounds like a big one. Users have taken to Apple forums to complain of what seems to be an excessive amount of heat emanating from one corner – the lower left hand – of the …
Read More »Zynga boss hints at Xbox partnership?
Mark Pincus, the boss of social and casual gaming giant Zynga, has hinted at what appears to be a possible partnership with Microsoft that could see Zynga titles appear on Xbox. Speaking of cross-device compatibility, Pincus told GigaOM that: "Right now we are building back-end technology, so that your game …
Read More »Zynga boss Pincus hints at Xbox deal
Farmville company wants to expand across platforms
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